With their fourth studio album, Newcastle trio Silverchair scored the fourth of their five #1s on the ARIA Albums Chart. Diorama spent only its debut week at #1 but went on to spend 11 weeks in the top ten and 50 weeks in the top 50. The album was accredited 3x Platinum and was #18 on the 2002 ARIA End Of Year Albums Chart.

Diorama earned Silverchair five ARIA Awards in 2002, including Best Rock Album and Best Groiup.

Silverchair also topped the ARIA Albums Chart with Frogstomp (#1 Apr. ’95), Freak Show (#1 Feb. ’97), Neon Ballroom (#1 Mar. ’99) and Young Modern (#1 Apr. ’07). The band announced an indefinite hiatus in 2011.

Single

Kasey CHambers - Not PRetty ENough

Singer-songwriter Kasey Chambers’ only #1 single to date on the ARIA Charts came when ‘Not Pretty Enough’ spent four straight weeks in the top spot in March/April 2002. The third single from Chambers’ second solo album, Barricades & Brickwalls (#1 Feb. ’02), ‘Not Pretty Enough’ debuted at #34 in January 2002 and hit #1 for the first time in its ninth week in the top 50.

The single spent 13 weeks in the top ten and 21 weeks in the top 50. It hit #7 on the 2002 ARIA End Of Year Singles Chart and was accredited 2x Platinum.

Chambers won three ARIA Awards in 2002, including Album Of The Year for Barricades & Brickwalls.

Kasey Chambers’ last appearance in the ARIA top 50 was with ‘Nothing At All’ (#9 Jul. ’06). She recently topped the ARIA Albums Chart with Dragonfly (#1 Jan. ’17).